----- Original Message -----From: pjkeys1975Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 3:02 AMSubject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Power-up re-initializes wiping stored sounds??Cheers chaps for all your advice.
Before you go & tear each others heads off, I'd just like to add that it is an original model VFX, not the SD variations.
I opened her up last night & discovered (as I managed to find documented elsewhere also) that there is a standard CR2032 battery doing the job. I think the lithium batteries were installed in most Ensoniq synths post the VFX.
It's a solder job by the looks of things. I'm starting to get the odd gobbledegook patch name also so I can only assume it is in fact the battery that's on its way.
Cheers though for all your help. I do however find it odd that they'd change these things in latter models.
One point of note...I picked this up a year ago on ebay. Lovely condition & has served me well for the duration. 1989 model & all.
Now with all the talk about calibration issues/ribbon cable/hardwired in etc....I'd like to note that mine still has it's original Ribbon in & doesn't show any signs of the problem.
My TS-10 on the other hand...now that's a headache.
Cheers,
Pete
--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 20:36 -0500, Rish wrote:
> >
> >
> > No NO NO! Do not half ass wire in any AA batteries! (Gordon you
> > should know better) that is really bad advise. I do not care where
>
> I'd like to know why you think that's a bad idea. I do it as a matter
> of course on all my equipment that's of an age to have lithium batteries
> (not just synthesizers).
>
> Of course, I replace soldered-in nicads right away too - have you seen
> the mayhem they cause when they fail?
>
> > you get the battery but replace it with the correct Panasonic 2/3a
> > lithium yellow label or blue label. Take the time to do it correctly
>
> The lithium batteries you get now are incredibly expensive and only last
> a couple of years - quite often because they've been lying around for
> years waiting to be sold! There's no real point in fitting them.
> Long-life alkalines have a far better shelf life and since the CMOS
> memory takes something in the realms of nanoamps, shelf life is
> more-or-less what it comes down to.
>
> Gordon 2M0YEQ
>
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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Power-up re-initializes wiping stored sounds??
2009-08-08 by Rish
Yes the VFX need a standard cr2032 and I do also
have the holders for these batteries as well.
If you purchase a crappy battery your going to get
a short life out of it, I would not recommend using anything but Panasonic.
These are 10 yr lithium's not the crap Gordon is buying from the battery
kiosk at Kmart, I will send you one for free just Email me direct. I have
yet to see even one of these batteries die in any of our gear at our shop here,
and I have never in all the years providing batteries seen a new one
leak.
Richard